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Re: attack by his cousin Gaston???

From: Garmt de Vries <G.deVries~at~phys.uu.nl>
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 17:59:23 +0100 (CET)
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Hi Christian,

> "Verne sold his ship the Saint-Michel III, because he couldn't travel
> anymore after the attack by his cousin Gaston."
> This attack was made by his cousin or his nephew?????.....I know Gaston
> was the Paul Verne's son, therefore he must be his nephew

You're absolutely right, this was an error on my part. In Dutch, we call
both nephew and cousin "neef", so sometimes I'm a bit sloppy in
distinguishing between the two. Sorry about that, it's corrected now.

> Verne sold his ship because he was in financial trouble. He sold it
> already in 1885. The attack took place on 9 March, 1886.
>
> I remember in other time Garmt said that the ship was sold at the
> beginning of 1886 before the attack, now he says around 1885 but don't
> mention the exact date.......what is the correct answer then???

He decided to sell it in 1885, the deal was closed early 1886. I don't
have the exact dates at hand, but they can be found in Philippe Valetoux'
book "Jules Verne en mer et contre tous".

Cheers,
Garmt.
Received on Mon 13 Mar 2006 - 18:59:35 IST

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